Reviews by silver0rlead:

Picked up a sixer of this on sale at my local store for $7.99 with a free tulip pint glass, maybe it's just me but I could drink marzens year round. Pours a lighter amber color with a thin beige head that retains OK. The aroma is mostly caramelized malts, with some toasted bread, a little earthy hops, and some alcohol. The flavor has some toasted bread and caramel malt flavors upfront, earth and spicy hops, and a little alcohol on the finish. The mouthfeel is medium and drinkability is fantastic. A tasty but basic marzen, probably a little sweeter than most german versions but easy drinking nonetheless.

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Poured into a standard pint glass a clear lighter amber shade with a thinner but well retained white head,aromas consisted mainly of toasty malt,and caramel,faint spicy hops but again they are faint.Toasted on the palate along with sweetish caramel,a decent anise-like quality comes thru as well,that is something I look for in a good beer of the style,hops are light but give a a little herbal sharpness in the finish.A decent shot at the style,there are many that are not as good coming out.

Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a mug. The label has a best before date (Jan 2011) and a short description of the beer but no ABV%.

Appearance: The body has a very clear golden honey color with an average size, just off white colored head. The head fades to just a wispy thing layer of foam which makes no lacing on the glass.

Smell: There is some sweet bready and biscuity maltiness with some leafy, slightly sour hop notes.

Taste/Palate: It has a medium body with mildly sweet bready and biscuity maltiness with nutty husk like notes as well. The hops also add a touch of leafy bitterness to the finish. The palate is smooth and easy drinking with average balanced carbonation.

Notes: This is a good Marzen but nothing really stands out. Every thing about this beer is average.

Pours a clear, light amber color with a small head. Smells of light grains, earthy, slightly metallic. Taste is of bready malts, biscuity, finishing with a noble hop bitterness. Again, slightly metallic. Mouthfeel is light and crisp. Good carbonation. Pretty drinkable but not a very good interpretation of the style, in my opinion. I have had numerous better. I was expecting more from Clipper City, to be honest.

A – Pours a very light pale yellow into the glass, leaving a two-finger head of fluffy just-off-white foam that falls pretty quickly, leaving a moderate ring of tight lace around the glass just above the surface and thin lace across the top marked by a number of large bubbles. Held to a full-spectrum light, the beer is a light golden-yellow and just short of completely clear.

T – Toasted malts and light caramels. Hints of orange rind and a dark wheat cracker. The taste of a just-finished piece of hard candy, like an orange Jolly Rancher, emerges at the end. Overall, it's pretty two-dimensional and bland.

M – Full carbonation makes it a fizzy mouthful. Body is thin - good structure pulls the ingredients together to keep it from being watery. Finish is quick, with faint echos of light caramel and candy on the tongue hanging around.

O – This is a Marzen? Not enough caramel richness and too much orange candy make this a miss on the style. It's also a bit too carbonated, making each quaff a mouthful of foam. The level of toasting of the malts is ok, but while the structure is integrated, the components themselves are mismatched. Unless Heavy Seas adjusts the recipe in the future, this is a pass when putting together a Marzen / Oktoberfest tasting, unless you want to start with something too sweet to demonstrate how the style can go astray.

Appears a copper amber hue with a slight off white head forming thick in my 1/2 liter dimpled stein. Fine even lacing is left between each sip. Aroma is sweet with caramel and a mild nutty moderately roasted malt tone with light herbal hops and a strong mineral water edge. Flavor is equally sweet with roasted malts as it is spicy with herbal edge hop notes, a perfectly balanced malt monster. I really enjoy this more drinkable version of the Americanized Oktoberfest style. Some of these versions are too heavy with the caramel malt this is not the case here touch of caramel and mild spicy note with light herbal bitterness with mineral water notes to it. Mouthfeel is a bit residually sweet with some sticky texture but overall a sturdy amount of carbonation keeps it crisp malt wise it's medium bodied and something I could down by the liter. Drinkability is honest to the style, one thing I demand from an O fest beer is that it should empty from my glass before I realize it's gone. That's definitely the case with this beer I may have to pick up a sixer in the near future.

Pours a clear amber color with a one-finger off-white head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.

Smells of smooth caramel malts with slight hints of toastiness.

Tastes similar to how it smells. Smooth and moderately sweet caramel malt flavors kick things off. Midway through the sip the sweetness fades just a bit to allow grainy toasted malt flavors in. The toasted malts carry through to right before the sip where mild amounts of bready flavors take over before fading into a moderately bitter ending.

Mouthfeel is good. It's got a nice thickness with solid carbonation.

Drinkability is also good. I finished my glass without a problem and could have another.

Overall this is a solid beer for the style although it's not quite crisp enough to be in the top tier. Still, it's worth a shot.

O: A solid, though not amazing, marzen lager. It has an alright nose, but the flavor has nice malt richness, nut, and a bit of earth. The mild hops help balance the beer. Sadly, even in Maryland, the price is much to high (8.99). The better German marzens and Oktoberfests are around the same price or are only a dollar or two more expensive. In other words, not a bad offering at all, but not good enough to be compete with other and better beers. Still, it is one of the few marzens that is available all year round.

A light orange-brown head forms on top of this beer, a clear amber-orange in color. It dissipates after building up to just over a finger and leaves light to moderate lacing on the glass.The smell is the mix of hops and malts common to the style and mixing well. There's also, as is typical, a note of grains that is constant. This one does, unfortunately, have a touch of sulfur that mars it a little.The hops and malts mingle well in the flavor as well, neither vying for dominance over the other but working in accord to offer a balance of herbal and earthy hops notes with biscuit and caramel. The sulfur does linger in the flavor as well and, along with the light lemon/grassy touch, I almost wonder if this was brewed with Saaz.The body is on the lighter side of medium and is somewhat lacking in depth. it is crisp and, while it's a bit smooth, it could certainly be fuller and creamier.This isn't a bad beer, but there are deep, rich and complex Marzens out there and easily attainable in the season.

A- Clear golden copper orange with a small but foamy head. No lacing.S- Light roasted grains and sweet caramel malt.T- Light sweet caramel malt with a burst of sugar starts this 1 off, followed up by a milder tasty grain and a touch of grassy hops and a dash of lemon.M- Sweet malt throughout with a watery body. Chewy hop finish.

Overall- A decent offering and easily drinkable. You might not be wow'ed but enjoyable.